Improvement in ladies  dress-protectors



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.bee full, clear, and exact descriptionof my without ily protector`.y

v esshown'in IFig. 4, and a portion f the dress ofled amd speedily worn' through, nndlirreperfl ably injured; l Linings of various meteral-'-A f .been employed'bntthey are onlyt'emporary expedients that are quickly worn out, and also i UNITED STATES rHEoDonnn DAY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Aint/lPrever/lenti''iN LADIES DREss-nnofrseroes..

' Snecilication forming part of Letters Petent No. db, daited February -7, 1865.'

'To' a whom it' may conceive:

' Be itknown that 1, THEQDORE D. DAY, of .theeity' and Stete of New 'York-have iniiente'd, mede, and `applied to use e new and Improved lieg and I4 do hereby declrethe follcwing to 'seid imrention, reference being. had-to the iinegled drawings'. making pnrtof this speeillfA It'txni',iw.herein-ff.v l y l Fi' ure Ils an .elevation of said protector. Eig-.22de a seetionelview 'of the seine. Figi?, represents ldie back lportion of-e dress with fsasidjiijofteetor.applied ;V end Figi-4 shows theV 'at right angles to the fabricv composing said# beckjiortion of a dress,representing the lorm in.. which it ordinarily trails, upon the ground-4 Sii'niler lettersdenote the seineparte.v Ladies dresses usually' touch upon the lloor orground,-pertienlarly at the back, whentlie l trodnced in an open -febrie-A-#such as grassvperson is walking, and as the dress trails it is almpst sure to fall into e sharp bend or fold,-

lays Bat-upon the door or ground end vbecomes snchV es enameled cloth, grass-cloth, 8am-lieve.

are objectionable oni-f ecconnt ot the rustling mism v l x ,A l

The'n'ature of my said` invention consists in a series of springs secured vertically, or more or'lessV Aobliqiiely into a. suitable lining, such Aits grussicleth,sn. thst snid- `springs distend the lower-portion vofthe 'dress or other germent,4 and-teketheivear resulting from the' vedge'f'tlie. giufmtmt gtonchingrthe fgronnd, l

,Protect/tintin the Bottomslof'LaidieszDresses,

An interior lining or faeingfforfthe lower edge of the skirt of ladiesfdresses or otherA garments, formed. with springs introduced vin therebypreve ting tbe dress edge treilingdet on the groan and giving e much more grece-- ful appearance to 'the dress then heretofore v usuel, besides preservingit from dirt and weer.v

Y In the drawing, a represents a. portionof e' dress ox'. garment; I), elining of'gresseleth or other suitable materiel, end elo 'e series et springs seenred in' seidlining,l Theseepring's may' be of eene, whelebon, 'or .other suitable materiel. I, however',`preter end' use thecov- -ered wire' or skirteprings, el'esped :it the ends of the ,springs to said' lining` or inside facing of the'gartncnt'et its'lower edge.

The spring vslnouldbe inserted-Iverteelly or .the edge of thelinigor fncing fabric.

'-I have represented the-said springs as incloth-snd clasped to the same; but it will be evident that said'springs may be secured in any desired manner and be composed of'any suitable meteriahf.; 'What I claim, end desirel to secure by'Letthe manner and for the Apurposesspecified.`Y i

I n' Witness whereof I lieve hereunto set my signature this -10th dey of Deneniber,1864.

' THEO. D. DAY. Witnesses: v

Tiros, GEO. HAROLD,

CEAS. H. SMITH.' 

